Pickleball Lead

Life Time, Inc.; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Life Time, Inc. is seeking a Lead-Pickleball to manage club pickleball programming, including open play, clinics, leagues, tournaments and events.

You will promote offerings to members and handle scheduling, billing and communications, partnering with Corporate Racquet Sports leaders on strategic changes and marketing efforts. The role teaches revenue-generating on-court programs and requires strong customer service, event planning, and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of pickleball and coaching.
• Certification as a pickleball instructor within 6 months of hire.
• Excellent customer service, communication, and time management.

Responsibilities

• Develop, promote, and teach revenue-generating on-court programs.
• Interact with members through on- and off-court activities and promotions.
• Administer scheduling and billing for pickleball programming.
• Supervise staff and collaborate with GM on training and onboarding.

Skills

Pickleball expertise

Teaching pickleball

Customer service

Event planning

Communication

Staff relations

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

The Lead-Pickleball is responsible for providing overall management and leadership for club pickleball programming, including but not limited to, open play, clinics, mixers, leagues, tournaments and events. Promotes pickleball offerings through member engagement and handles administrative tasks related to programming, such as scheduling, billing, and communication. Partners with the Corporate Racquet Sports leaders on strategic changes to the program and broader marketing efforts. Teaches revenue generating on court programs.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Develops, sells and teaches safe, professional and exciting revenue generating on-court programs.
• Interacts with members through non-revenue producing activity and off-court program promotion (i.e. Open Play and Intro to Pickleball, information tables, coordinates marketing materials, member communication, etc.)
• Provides administrative oversight of the clubs pickleball programming, including managing scheduling of programs, completes billing, etc.
• May provide supervision to club pickleball staff, including working with the General Manager to scout and interview new pickleball staff team members, ensuring the completion of their training and onboarding.

Position Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of the game of pickleball
• Experience teaching pickleball
• Pickleball teaching certification required within six months of hire.
• Excellent customer service skills, friendly, outgoing, and positive attitude
• Experience planning and executing events
• Comfortable working with all age groups and building positive relationships with members and team members
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
• Excellent communication, time management, and organization skills
• CPR and AED Certified
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, reach, climb and lift up to 50 pounds

Preferred Requirements

• International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association (IPTPA), and/or Professional Pickleball Registry (PPR), and/or United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA)
• Experience with Life Time's internal scheduling software

Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.